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Four County Roscommon festivals were among 218 festivals nationwide to receive funding today under the Second phase of the Fáilte Ireland 2016 Festivals and Events Programme. The 9th FIPS World Championships Boat Angling, which is taking place on Lough Ree at Ballyleague and Lanesboro is set to receive €8,000. Boyle Arts Festival is in line …
Boyle GAA Results The Cooney Motor’s/Cooney Centra started their league campaign with a defeat to Oran in Rockfield. A great team performance but due to injuries they fell short at the end. The management thanks all that made themselves available. Their next outing is St. Patrick’s day with a home game against Kilglass Gaels. If …
Boyle GAA Fixtures and Results Congratulations to the National Automation Minors on their first win of the league, over Oran on Sunday evening last. The Cooney Motors/Centra Juniors commence their league with a trip to play Oran on Sunday March 6th, 11am. The James Lannon Tyre Centre U-16’s are out in round 2 of the …
Boyle Golf Captain’s Drive-In Last Sunday saw the Boyle Golf Captain’s Drive-In take place, with a strong turnout showing their support. The first two tee shots were struck by Ross Andrew and Mary O’Hara, the latter deputising for Lady Captain Tish Perry. The winners of the scramble that followed were Terry Canning, Liz Dwyer & …
Last Sunday’s 18 hole Stableford at Boyle Golf Club was won by Sean Heslin on 39 points. Second was Patrick Egan on 38 points; Gross Gary Carty, 30 points (gross score) and 3rd was Charlie O’Donnell on 36 points. Last week’s weekly 9 hole open competition was won by Tommy King, 21 pts; 2nd Charlie …
Boyle 0-4 Kilmore 0-9 The McGovern Directional Drilling Seniors suffered a defeat to Kilmore in the O’Rourke Cup Senior Football League over the weekend. There will be a break for the team for a few weeks as Roscommon are back in action from this weekend. Underage The National Automation Minors went down to a stronger …
The result from last Sunday’s Boyle Golf Club 18 Hole Foursomes was: 1st Patrick Egan & Jim Mooney (35pts); 2nd Ross Andrew & Gerry O’Hara (34pts). Competitions this week are a 9 Hole Stableford, play any day (Mon-Sat), and an 18 hole stableford for gents on Sunday next the 21st. A date for your diary …
Fixtures and Results Our McGovern Directional Drilling seniors had a great start to their O’Rourke Cup (Division 1 League) campaign with a nail biting one point win over Padraig Pearses on Sunday in Woodmount. It was great to see Cian Beirne back in action. Thanks to Barry Lowe who organised catering for the panel. They …
Cartoon Saloon, the Kilkenny based Animation Studio headed up by Boyle native Paul Young, won two Awards at the prestigious Kidscreen Awards in Miami last night. The Best New Series and Best Animated Series Awards were for their series “Puffin Rock” which is narrated by Paul’s fellow Boyle native Chris O’Dowd. The series follows the …
A public meeting will be held in Boyle Enterprise Centre on Monday February 15th at 8.30pm with a view to forming a Text Alert group in the town. Text Alert enables communities to set up a Group to receive alerts advising them of suspicious or criminal activity in their area. As well as ensuring awareness …
Residents, staff and Day Care attendees at the Plunkett Community Nursing Unit in Boyle recently made a great contribution in filling a truck destined to the Vesnova Children’s Asylum in Chernobyl. The truck was organised in conjunction with Leitrim Sean Nós dancer Edwina Guckian and the visit marked 30 years since the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster …
